caf·e·te·ri·a 
(kăf′ĭ-tîrē-ə)
(kăf′ĭ-tîrē-ə)n.
1. A restaurant in which the customers are served at a counter and carry their meals on trays to tables.
2. A dining area, as at a school or office building, where meals may be purchased or brought from home and eaten.
[Spanish cafetería, coffee shop, cafeteria, from café, coffee, ultimately (via French, café, or Italian, caffè) from Ottoman Turkish qahve; see COFFEE.]